Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers of Diseases: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biomarkers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lipid signaling and signal transduction; prostate cancer; bone metastasis; vascular calcification; atherosclerosis; extracellular vesicles
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Interests: sphingolipid and phospholipid metabolism; cancer; vascular calcification; spondylarthritis; extracellular vesicles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the second edition of a previous Special Issue entitled “Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers of Diseases” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomolecules/special_issues/2JMUV9D038). Following a very successful first run, we can announce the launch of a second edition of this Special Issue, titled “Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers of Diseases: 2nd Edition”.
This edition will summarize the most recent literature on extracellular vesicles (EVs) as disease biomarkers, as well as candidates for cell-free therapeutic approaches.
EVs (a concept that encompasses microparticles, exosomes, and apoptotic bodies, among others) are active players in cell-to-cell communication and convey fundamental information between cells. These microstructures contain proteins, lipids, and genetic information that can modify the phenotype and function of target cells. EVs carry specific markers of the cell of origin, which can reveal the state of the cell and can be used to diagnose diseases. Indeed, EVs have attracted considerable interest in the treatment of metabolic diseases such as obesity or diabetes, in cardiovascular diseases field as reservoirs of molecules produced during arterial remodeling, in the pathogenesis of neuro-degenerative diseases such as Parkinson and Alzheimer’s diseases, and in the cancer domain. For this Special Issue, we invite experimental and clinical articles or reviews about how EVs can be identified as biomarkers of diseases.
Dr. Mebarek Saida
Dr. Leyre Brizuela
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- extracellular vesicles
- metabolic syndrome
- cancer
- cardiovascular diseases
- neurodegenerative diseases
- biomarkers
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